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noun
1.
the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
2.
the central part or axle end from which blades or spokelike parts radiate on various devices, as on a fan or propeller.
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a center around which other things revolve or from which they radiate; a focus of activity, authority, commerce, transportation, etc.: Chicago is a railroad hub.
4.
the Hub, Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
5.
EXPANDthe peg or hob used as a target in quoits and similar games.
6.
any one of the holes in an electrical panel, into which connections may be plugged.
7.
Coining. a design of hardened steel in relief, used as a punch in making a die.
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Surveying. a stake bearing a tack used to mark a theodolite position.
9.
COLLAPSEMetalworking. a die forced into a metal blank.
verb (used with object)
10.
Metalworking. to stamp (a metal blank) with a hub.
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Hubs
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
hub
1511, perhaps from hubbe, originally "lump," the source of hob of a fireplace and hobnail, as in boots. A wheelwright's word, not generally known or used until c.1828; it reached wider currency in connection with bicycles. Meaning "center of interest or activity or importance" first recorded 1858 in
EXPAND writings of Oliver W. Holmes.
COLLAPSE
"Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system." [O.W. Holmes, "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table"]Hub cap first recorded 1913.
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